DAP election: Young Syefura refutes party's chauvinist label
INTERVIEW | The recent DAP election saw Ketari state assemblyperson Young Syefura Othman making her debut in the party's top leadership line-up, receiving a total of 991 votes from delegates.
Despite her success, accusations were again thrown at the party for allegedly failing to lose its ‘Chinese chauvinist’ trait.
This was apparently because Syefura was the only Malay who made it to the top 30 candidates with the highest votes which made her eligible for a seat in DAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Speaking to Malaysiakini in an exclusive interview last week, Syefura, 33, adamantly refuted the chauvinist label... Verifying user
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